Nikon lens question
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- vaxorcist0
I once had a Contax RTS and a Zeiss 50 1.4 and a Zeiss 28 2.8
They both had amazingly smooth focussing rings, like old AI nikkors, but I think their focussing rings turned opposite direction from the nikon lenses, which drove me crazy... I was used to intuitive follow focus... it's an ooooold manual focus lens trick....
The 28/2.8 zeiss distagon was otherworldly sharp and contrasty, well, actually more contrasty than any other lens I had, edge contrast jumped off the page, but a closeup of a person did highlight zits and wrinkles too.... sometimes images looked a bit etched.... at F5.6 images looked like they were sharpenend in photoshop if taken in bright late afternoon light....
The zeiss 50 was a bit dreamy sometimes, but if there was an out of focus hard line in the distant background, the bokeh was oddly jarring, but round things in the background were nice...
I've heard the new zeiss lenses use similar, but slightly updated optical designs...
Even more off-topic, but I've heard cinematographers like these zeiss lenses for 5D mark II use, partly because the manual focussing is so smooth and the lenses turn so far from infinity to close focus that they can tape mark the beginning and end of a focus pull much more easily than most other lenses.... I think there's a Contax to EOS adapter out there so you don't have to get the very pricey new ones... wow did I go OT.....
- I have an older Zeiss Contax but there are no adapter rings for my D200. LOVE Zeiss!ItTango
- OSFA0
Question, would an 80-200 2.8 Nikon lens fit on Canon? I was told there are a few adapters that let you do it, but have you guys tried this? Any suggestions? I want to make sure it works well and it is worth it... if not, I'll just sell the lens and get a canon.
- jaylarson0
even though it's on kenrockwell's site, this looks useful:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/…
- jaylarson0
looks like it works on a 20d:
http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-M…
- nthkl0
The 35mm is great. The crop is a combo of your sensor and the 50mm though. So it's more like 77mm. The 50 on the D700 looks pretty normal, and the 35 is super wide.
- zod0
Sigma 30mm 1.4 is what you want. It does 75% of the work on my D300. The rest is the 70-200 2.8.
- OSFA0
Nice Jay!! Looks legit... but juuust in case, anyone here interested in buying a 80-200 Nikon lens? Let me know...
- nice lens. doesn't have vr, but my mentor still has his (and he has the 70-200 vri, and vr ii)jaylarson
- actually, I have to double check to make sure which one is the one I got. It was passed on to me by an uncle who bought a hole lot of equip. and almost never used it
OSFA - whole lotta equipment but almost never used it. he moved and left me his lens ;)OSFA
- nice. There's only one 80-200. Wish I could afford it, but I'm also looking to get a good tripod kit and the 16-35 f/4.jaylarson